Thursday, September 30, 2010

During the summer, we do a lot of cooking on the grill. Okay, by “we” I mean Pete. I don’t actually step near the grill. Although I do prep the food so that makes it a “we” effort, right? I usually wrap our vegetables in foil packets in an attempt to have Pete cook our entire dinner outside on the grill during those sweltering days of summer. When we try to unwrap them, hot off the grill, Pete always complains about the foil burning his fingers. I usually call him a wimp and unwrap them with my bare hands.

The other day, we went to Starbucks. I grabbed a seat to check my blood sugar while Pete ordered our coffees. As he brought them over, he said they were so hot they were burning him and went off to get us those thermal sleeve thingies. Call me pig-headed, but I had to see how hot the paper coffee cup really was. And it wasn’t hot at all. Wimp!!

Cue the guilt-music. Now re-read the paragraph above. Especially the line about checking my blood sugar. You see, I test between 8 and 12 times every day. I’ve realized that the scar tissue I’ve developed on my poor over-pricked fingers are my permanent little oven-mitts. And the perhaps my husband isn't such a wimp after all. Sorry, Sweetpea!

Yeah, but....that's just the ends of your fingers. Do you test in the area right below your fingers? The middle of your palm? The soft cushiony area under your thumb? If not (or if not often) then you ARE tough. You can hold scalding coffee cups like no other.

OMG...yep...a definite perk for sure. Like Shannon, I'll have my son, Joe, carry my coffees...lol. His callouses creep me out a bit to be honest. Especially the ones that the lancet pokes and then doesn't retract b/c it is stuck in the callous...OK, maybe TMI.

I Am . . .

Karen Graffeo

I'm a Knitter living with Type 1 Diabetes. I'm not a medical professional nor am I giving medical advice - I'm just a girl sharing my personal thoughts and experiences with diabetes. I live in New England with my wonderful husband, my adorable cat, and lots and lots of yarn.